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By Shack | Season 4 | Episode 24 | Aired on 04.20.2000
Anyway, it seems that believing her roommate and sugar daddy is a great big rapist and liar isn't enough to cause Jones to actually move out of the airport hangar loft and give up all the free booze, because there she is, lying on the sofa, partaking of some liquid happiness. Oil Derrick comes home, and she blandly tells him to go away, as if he were some study partner reminding her that she has a term paper due the next day and not somebody she thinks raped somebody. Oil Derrick sits down next to her and smarms that he's sorry that she's hurt because nobody cares about the truth, and he's sorry that he's the one who ended up teaching her that. Am I the only one who remembers a couple of scenes ago when Jones indicated that she believes Derrick is a rapist? Could this be any ickier? He's not even defending himself anymore. Jones tells him not to talk to her. She's crying. Oil Derrick wipes her eyes with a cocktail napkin. Hello! Hi there! Maybe it's because I'm a guy and I don't get this, but would any woman with the brains God gave a earthworm allow this behavior from somebody she believes is a rapist? And now they're having a fucking conversation. ["I don't get it either. I'd have packed a bag and switched schools immediately after that last conversation." -- Sars] She says she doesn't care about Naomi and that she's never going to know what really happened anyway. Later, Oil Derrick approaches the all-purpose college building. I think it's been the same one for all college scenes. Beau is sitting outside. Derrick greasily asks him how jail was. Beau jumps down and punches him. They fight (tm Ace). Beau essentially beats the heck out of Oil Derrick, accusing him of being the actual rapist. Oil Derrick has red blood. Color me surprised. Oil Derrick pours on the smarm to stop Beau from kicking his ass some more. He points out that if Naomi lied about Beau raping her, then it's possible she lied about him as well. He claims they've both been victims. Beau lets his guard down, and once he's calmed, Oil Derrick grabs a nearby flowerpot and bashes Beau's head in. Beau goes down, but he's not out. Oil Derrick tells Beau that he saw them, and he knows that Beau was getting off on the fact that Naomi was asking him to stop. Then he kicks Beau again and leaves him unconscious on the ground. Oil Derrick strides up the dorm room hall to Naomi's room. She opens the door without asking who it is first -- do any of the women in this movie care about their own survival? She, of course, tries to shut the door once she sees it's Oil Derrick, but he forces his way in. She goes to her phone to call campus security. He tells her that if she does that, she'll never know what really happened that night at the club. He tries to pour on the oily smarm, but Naomi is having none of it. He explains that he saw what was going on from the bathroom. But he never gets around to explaining what actually happened, because they bicker some more. He brings up that special night with Naomi and the love and the alleged rape back when they were in school together. She tells him to leave. They bicker some more, and Oil Derrick eventually tells her that now they're even. Naomi is confused. He says that now he's ruined her life the way she ruined his. He explains that the rape story was just a rumor he helped start. Naomi looks shocked. Umm…is Oil Derrick unaware that she could just go tell this to Sharon Lawrence? She might not believe Jones, but she would most certainly believe the one who made the accusations in the first place. The two of them argue some more, and it seems as though Oil Derrick tells her that he in fact, did, rape her both times. Naomi attacks him, and they claw at each other for a little bit. Naomi scratches his face, and they tussle. She bites his hand to get him off of her. Then he takes a photo of hers, puts on his coat, and…leaves? Guh? He tells her Beau's innocent and he himself raped her and then he -- leaves? As he walks out of the building, we see Travis lurking in the shadows watching him, a neon sign reading "Red Herring" flashing overhead. These guys have made almost no effort to establish Travis as potentially dangerous. He does bad art and he drew a picture of a gun once. And a girl rejected him, but said hello to him the next day.Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20Next